by Vasily Grossman
Very impressive, tautly organized, deserves that little nytimes medal or whatever on the cover. Covers v gross man who was soviet russia's main newspaperman from Barbarossa on. Gross man wrote about Stalingrad to Berlin, and wrote a novel. Like Shostakovich, was not a total favorite of Stalin , but ...
Starts 00:30 Sunday 18th November: Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad#1. Through Chekhov's Eyes: In the war of the rats, snipers like Anatoly Chekhov reigned. Powerfully written.Extraordinary.One of those that shall remain un-rated.